You might be asking yourself, why is my hair thinning?
Don’t be too hard on yourself, there are many reasons that can cause thinning hair. If a cause for hair loss goes untreated, you could experience hair loss or even long term Alopecia. The good news is that more than likely, there could be a treatment for your hair thinning. Hair Loss Heroes has assembled a team of Naples hair loss doctors that specialize in different areas of hair restoration. Hair Loss Heroes gives you all the hair regrowth resources in one clinic without sending you to different practices.
Optimizing hair growth is all we do at Hair Loss Heroes. Our team does it right.
Listed are reasons that typically causes hair loss, we explain the top ten causes for hair loss and Hair Loss Heroes then comments on a treatment plan.
1. Hair Loss From Androgenetic Alopecia
Androgenetic alopecia is another term for female pattern baldness. It is very common in men but extremely rare in women. Alopecia is more likely to happen as a person ages but can start at any point after puberty. Many females who experience androgenetic alopecia can be temporary or triggered after going through menopause. This means that hormones may have something to do with it.
Menopause is a very common cause for hair loss in women. Not to be confused with female pattern baldness. Hair Loss Heroes is very successful in treating hair loss for menopausal women.
2. Pregnancy is a Top Cause for Hair Loss
Some women may experience excessive hair loss shortly after giving birth. This is due to a decrease in estrogen levels. This type of hair loss is a temporary condition and usually resolves within a 12 to 18 months.
Hair Loss Heroes is here to help. We will put your hair restoration on a fast track to what it once was.
3. Telogen effluvium is a Natural Thinning of Woman's Hair
Telogen effluvium is a condition where the hair remains in the telogen (natural shedding) phase of the hair growth cycle. This causes excessive hair thinning, sometimes in handfuls.
Some possible causes for hair thinning include:
severe stress
surgery
childbirth
rapid weight loss
thyroid problems
4. Anagen effluvium Hair Loss
Anagen effluvium causes large amounts of hair thinning during the anagen (hair growth) phase of the hair cycle. The condition may cause hair loss from the head, as well as from other parts of the body, including eyebrows and eyelashes.
Causes of anagen effluvium (Hair Loss) include:
radiation
chemotherapy
fungal infections
autoimmune disease
Treatment for this hair loss condition can include a topical medication. If you have anagen effluvium as a result of undergoing chemotherapy, cooling the scalp during the procedure may help. Radiation and chemotherapy will require restoration at lease 90 days after your last treatment. (All patients are different, Hair Loss Heroes are still learning how to help cancer patients). We offer special rates for cancer patients.
5. Alopecia Areata, Hair Loss
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition that causes hair to fall out suddenly. Alopecia areata hair loss can be temporary, long term or even permanent. The immune system attacks hair follicles, along with other healthy parts of the body. Alopecia areata causes hair loss from the scalp, as well as eyebrows and eyelashes.
If you suspect you have this condition, you should set up a meeting with Hair Loss Heroes. This can be treated with PBC.
6. Traction alopecia
Traction Alopecia is hair loss due to pulling hair into tight hairstyles, which causes it to break and come loose.
Hairstyles associated with this condition include:
tight buns or ponytails
braids
cornrows
extensions
If traction alopecia continues, a person may develop bald spots and thinning of the hair. Hair Loss Heroes will recommend, avoiding tight hairstyles before restoration can begin.
7. Medications Can Cause Hair Thinning
Certain medications have side effects that can cause hair thinning.
Examples of such medications include:
blood thinners, such as warfarin
Accutane, to treat acne
Anti-depressants including Prozac and Zoloft
cholesterol-lowering drugs, such as Lopid
8. Nutritional deficiencies Can Cause Hair Loss
Nutritional deficiencies can cause hair to fall out. Hair Loss Heroes will advise a healthy diet to maintain your hair restoration.
9. Hair Loss and Birth control pills
People may experience hair loss while using birth control pills. Others might experience hair loss after they stop taking them. If people are taking birth control pills, they can choose one that has a low androgen index. This may help to lower the risk of hair loss.
Examples of birth control pills with a lower androgen index include:
Desogen
Ortho-Cept
Ortho-Cyclen
Ovral and Loestrin have a higher androgen index.
Other forms of birth control that affect the hormones, such as implants and skin patches, may also cause hair loss.
Hair Loss Heroes recommends that people who have an increased risk of genetic hair loss opt for a non-hormonal type of birth control.
10. Hair Loss From Covid-19 (Delta, Omicron)
It has been discovered that Covid-19 and the variants that followed can cause hair loss. As discovered in January 2021 by large groups of mostly female patients after infected 1 out of 16 women experienced significant hair loss.
Symptoms include:
significant hair loss at onset
gradual hair regrowth after 6 months
most women that experienced hair loss as a side effect never regained full hair restoration.
Hair Loss Heroes knows that hair restoration works perfectly with autoimmune disease. We are still learning how we can help. We offer special rates for covid-19 related patients.